"Further staffing reductions could have a n immediate detrimental effect on
capacity, meaning fewer planes in the sky and greater potential for delays," said Rinaldi.
"Likewise, the FAA would continue to fall further behind in its development, testing,
deployment and training for NextGen moderniza tion programs, procedures, and
equipment."
NATCA Insider Coverage of the Hearing: Please click here .
NATCA Pr ess Release: Please click here .
Video of the Full Hearing: Please click here .
Full NATCA Written Testimony: Please click he re .
Graphic – National Staffing Totals: Please click here .
H.R. 5292, the Air Traffic Controller Hiring Improvement Act of 2016: Please click
here to learn more about legislation that NATCA supports.
Op/ed column by NATCA Executive Vice President Trish Gilbert in The Hill
newspaper. Please click here .
Op/ed column by NATCA President Paul Rinaldi in The Washington Times.
Please click here .
NEW THIS WEEK : Letter to the editor in the Great Falls (Mont.) Tribune by
NATCA's Todd Knowles: Thanks to Rep. Zinke for support on H.R. 5292
Previously published this month – letter to the editor by NATCA Northwest
Mountain Representative to the N ational Legislative Co mmittee Richard Kennington, in
T he Columbian. Please click here to read Richard's letter. Also, a letter to the editor in
the Ida ho Statesman, by NATCA Boise Member Mark Harris; please click here .
WEBSITE SECTION FOR OUR NATCA FACREPS, AND ALL NATCA LOCAL
REPRESENTATIVES
Our section on the members side of the natca.org website for Union reps is
designed to be one - stop shopping for your needs in representing your l oc al. It's called
"Member Center " and can be found on the main h ome page after you've signed in to
the member side. There's also a menu item for it no matter where you're at on the site
after signing in.
The goal of Member Center: To house all relevant forms, labor relations
resources, and other information for all re ps to assist them. This is where you will also
find our FacReps can bookmark this page , or simply find it easily on the home page of
the members side when you need it.
NEW THIS MONTH : We have cr eated a page devoted to the National
Collaborative Placement Team (NCEPT), and it is located here at this link . The page
includes the latest report on recent selections as well as the selection list, the ERR
National Release Policy MOU and frequently asked questions.
COMING SOON TO OUR NATCA LIBRARY SECTION : A new and improved
arbitration database.
If you see something that should be added to the Member Center , please let us
know by sending an email to WEBSITE@LIST.NATCA.NET .
SPEAKING OF THE NEW WEBSITE … We have a page for each region on the
members side of natca.org, accessible after y ou log - in to the members side. Direct link
here: http://www.natca.org/index.php/regions
But you can also access these pages directly using the same URL as before
when we had separate regional websites ; for example - nal.natca.net will allow y o u to
reach the Alaskan Region page , nce.natca.net for Central, nea.natca.net for Eastern, etc.
We are using these pages to provide information as well as news, member features,
RVP updates, facility profiles, etc. If there ' s information you ' d like us to consider adding
